Registration No. 333-103689 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ________________________ POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO Form S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT Under THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ________________________ SPRINT CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Kansas 48-0457967 (State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer of incorporation or organization) Identification No.) Post Office Box 7997, Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66207-0997 (Address of principal executive offices) ________________________ 1997 LONG-TERM STOCK INCENTIVE PROGRAM (Shares previously issuable under the 1990 Restricted Stock Plan) (Full title of the Plan) ________________________ CLAUDIA S. TOUSSAINT Vice President, Corporate Governance and Ethics, and Corporate Secretary P.O. Box 7997 Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66207-0997 (Name and address of agent for service) Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service: (913) 794-1513 ________________________ EXPLANATORY NOTE This Registration Statement as originally filed related to the offering of 3,500,000 shares of FON Common Stock and 3,500,000 shares of PCS Common Stock issuable under the 1990 Restricted Stock Plan, which was adopted as a subsidiary plan under and pursuant to the 1997 Long-Term Stock Incentive Program (the "1997 Program"), which had been approved by Sprint's shareholders. On February 10, 2004, in compliance with the settlement of the derivative litigation brought by Amalgamated Bank, as Trustee for The Longview Collective Investment Fund, Sprint's Board of Directors combined the 1990 Restricted Stock Plan with and into the 1997 Program to form a single plan (the "Plan Combination"). Accordingly, the purpose of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 is to reflect the fact that the shares of FON Common Stock and PCS Common Stock covered by this Registration Statement and not previously issued under the 1990 Restricted Stock Plan before the Plan Combination will be issued in connection with awards of restricted stock granted under the 1997 Program, but not for any other awards permitted under the 1997 Program (such as options, performance shares, or other stock unit awards). PART II. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT Item 8. Exhibits. Exhibit Number Exhibits 4. 1997 Long-Term Stock Incentive Program, as amended (filed as Exhibit 4 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Sprint Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-59349) and incorporated herein by reference) 24. Power of Attorney. II-1 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Overland Park, State of Kansas, on the 12th day of February, 2004. SPRINT CORPORATION By /s/ Claudia S. Toussaint (Claudia S. Toussaint, Vice President) Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. Name Title Date Chairman of the Board and ) G. D. FORSEE* Chief Executive Officer ) (Principal Executive ) Officer) ) ) Executive Vice President ) ROBERT J. DELLINGER* - Chief Financial Officer ) (Principal Financial ) Officer) ) ) Senior Vice President and ) J. P. MEYER* Controller ) (Principal Accounting ) Officer) ) ) February 12, 2004 ) DUBOSE AUSLEY* Director ) ) ) E. LINN DRAPER, JR. * Director ) ) ) I. O. HOCKADAY, JR.* Director ) ) ) L. K. LORIMER* Director ) ) II-2 ) C. E. RICE* Director ) ) ) LOUIS W. SMITH* Director ) ) February 12, 2004 ) GERALD L. STORCH* Director ) ) ) STEWART TURLEY* Director ) /s/ Claudia S. Toussaint ___________________________ * Signed by Claudia S. Toussaint, Attorney-in-Fact, pursuant to Power of Attorney filed with this Amendment to the Registration Statement No. 333-103689. II-3 EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit Number Exhibits 4. 1997 Long-Term Stock Incentive Program, as amended (filed as Exhibit 4 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Sprint Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-59349) and incorporated herein by reference) 24. Power of Attorney.